Aaron's Software Developer reviews

4.5

99% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

Cory Miller

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5.0
Dec 14, 2018

Innovate. Learn. Lead.

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Pros

Tons of autonomy and room to innovate. Large company w/ big scale to learn about new technology challenges. New technologies are embraced if started in smaller areas to learn in first then scale. Failure is encouraged as long as it is followed by learning which can really accelerate personal growth. Flexible work schedule coupled with interesting impactful work. Awesome teammates that want everyone succeed. Politics are not allowed. Relatively flat org structure where title is less important in discussions. Best ideas always win not the high paid person.

Cons

Depends on your viewpoint. Some folks would see things I see as pros as cons. For example, the work here isn't handed to you in a bulleted list. We are expected to understand the business problem and come up with a viable solution. I enjoy that creative flexibility and responsibility it puts on me. Some folks might not. Not all of our work falls into that bucket but the successful folks find a way to make it happen and it's the most rewarding part of the job to me.

1.0
Jun 15, 2018

Culture Of hypocrisy

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Pros

Other than the location, there is no pro about working in IT at aarons

Cons

The best way to describe Aarons is that it is a culture of hypocrisy, from the CIO down. There have been several rounds of layoffs in IT, letting great people go, but somehow management’s favorite friends, contractors, were not let go, while long term Aarons employees were. This never made sense to me. There is no bonus structure, salary is subpar for IT jobs, and it’s like working in a good old boys club. Management claims to want radical candor, but if your opinion is different than theirs, you are reprimanded, punished, bullied and teased. There is no telecommute and you can’t believe the words coming out of managements mouths. When there was a salary freeze, no one got any merit increases, but to keep the golden children happy, they found a way to “promote” employees as a way of giving them a pay increase without saying it was a merit increase. If you are not in the in crowd, you are treated as a second class citizen. In the two years I was at Aarons, we have seen a lot of changes but none of them good. Yeah, you have a nice open type office, which just lets you see how poorly everyone is treated while the golden team gets to go do what they want. Training is a joke, and there is NO tuition reimbursement program. They give you like $500.00 for continuing education, if you qualify. The bonus is a turkey. A literal turkey, and the merit increases, when you have them, are weak. You will lose money working for Aarons. There is no real opportunity for advancement into management. The only way to get into that track is to be a friend of management. This insurance benefits are extremely expensive, and your out of pocket is way above average for a larger company.

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